Jonah 4:6 (KJV)

Passage

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

Nearby Context

Jonah 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "prepared", "gourd", "come", "over", "jonah", "might", and "shadow". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "prepared", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "So Jonah went out of the city..." into verse 7's "But God prepared a worm when the...", so "lord" and "prepared" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "prepared" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.